Footnotes:

21 1-4 Then he looked up and saw the rich people dropping their gifts into the treasury, and he noticed a poor widow drop in two coppers, and he commented, “I assure you that this poor widow put in more than all of them, for they have all put in what they can easily spare, but she in her poverty has given away her whole living.”

21 1-4 Just then he looked up and saw the rich people dropping offerings in the collection plate. Then he saw a poor widow put in two pennies. He said, “The plain truth is that this widow has given by far the largest offering today. All these others made offerings that they’ll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn’t afford—she gave her all!”

Footnotes:

Luke 21:2Gk. 2 lepta. A lepton, meaning “small” or “thin,” is a fraction of a penny and about 1߼128 of a denarius, which was a day’s wage. A Jewish bronze or copper coin, it was the smallest coin circulated.